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Pe A T E  CxOey, 
MUSCA SEMINATIONIS. 
DIPTERA. 
Wings 2. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
A foft flexible trunk, with lateral lips at the end. No palpi. 
SPECIFIC iCHd RACE R. 
Head and Thorax black-brown; Abdomen black, with very mi- 
nute fpecks of white. Wings clouded and fpeckled with brown, 
A yellow ftreak on the under fide of the abdomen. 
Musca SEMINATIONIS. Antennis fetariis, alis atris cinereo punc- 
tatis, abdomine bafi fubtus flavo. 
Fab. Spec. Inf. 2. 452. 90. 
This fpecies is fometimes met with in meadows, on plaintain, 
thiftles, &c. in May and June. 
It is a very pleafing obje@ for the Microfcope, particularly the 
wings, which are finely reticulated and fpotted. Its magnified ap- 
pearance is given with its natural fize in our plate. 
H 2 PLATE 
